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Afghan migrants and Syrian refugees clashed several times at the port of Piraeus, some stabbed each other at Idomeni, several hundreds migrants and refugees broke out of the detention center on Chios and marched through the island. Refugees and migrants trapped in Greece are frustrated and most of them live …

April 1, 2016Refugees, Very MixComments Off on Doctors of the World leave Chios Hot Spot after clashes among refugees

Clashes between Syrian and Afghan refugees and migrants in the “detention center” on the island of Chios on Thursday night ended with two people stabbed and many with injuries in the legs and the head and severe damage at the facilities of humanitarian organization Doctors of The World that provides …

A local farmer had enough from refugees and migrants in Idomeni, got on his tractor and started to plow his field amid tents, kids and adults. “I have waited long enough. I understand the people here, but I have to live,” farmer Lazaros Oulis told local media. He owes 72 …

British actress and political activist Vanessa Redgrave visited the provisional camp at the port of Piraeus on Wednesday. She was shocked to see 5,815 children, women and men living in appalling conditions. She sharply criticized European Union for failing to deliver an adequate response to the Refugee Crisis and stressed …

March 31, 2016Refugees, Very MixComments Off on Clashes among refugees in Piraeus, 7 injured (video)

Syrian and Afghan refugees delivered clashes on Wednesday night in the port of Piraeus. Greek media report that at least 300 people got involved in the clashes that left 7 injured and only the intervention of riot police after midnight managed to end the havoc at the port where more …

March 30, 2016Politics, RefugeesComments Off on EU plan: Estonia receives 7 refugees from Greece, needs to take another 543!

This groundbreaking news must be trending worldwide. It is beyond any doubt a sign of European solidarity in times of refugees and Migration crisis. Estonia said it has received the first seven refugees from Greece: an Iraqi family of five, one man from Syria and another man from Yemen. Under …

March 30, 2016Refugees, Very MixComments Off on Refugees pay €1,000-€14,000 to smugglers in order to escape Greece

Migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere, stuck in Greece, are turning to a barely disguised smuggling market for passage to other European countries. With borders to FYROM, Albania and Bulgaria closed, human traffickers promise new routes and new ways to take the desperate refugees and migrants all way to Germany …

The EU-Turkey deal has allegedly started to bring results: the flow of refugees and migrants to Greece has dramatically decreased in the last four-five days. It is still unclear though, if this has to do with the bad weather conditions of last week or with the bitter reality that the …

It sounded really strange on Sunday morning. Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas revealed a plan Greek government has under consideration to offer refugees and migrants “residence permission if they invest 250,000 euro in Greece.” Mardas told Skai TV, that the government is styding a project to examin ethe economic profile …

The Pope was right. But he is the Pope and he can say that what politicians do not dare to. Condemning the Brussels attacks, Pope Francis said on Maundy Thursday: “Behind that gesture (in Brussels) there are arms producers, arm dealers, traffickers who want blood, not peace. All of us …

A grisly scene. and a priest in bigotry crisis. Friday night in Veroia in Northern Greece a bus full with Syrian refugees arrives at the reception center. A group of locals has already gathered outside the camp to protest the arrivals. “If they touch even a hair of the nun …

The tension among the refugees and migrants stuck in Idomeni camp is growing higher and higher. It looks as if they are divided in two groups: those who insist on protesting and even go so far to enforce a hunger strike among the people, hoping that the borders will be …

Two men poured gasoline on their clothes and set them on fire on Tuesday morning at the Idomei refugees camp. Other refugees who were standing by managed to extinguished the fire and save their lives. But both men suffered injuries and were transferred to hospitals in Kilkis and Thessaloniki, reports …

Greece’s state broadcaster ERT TV launched a short news bulletin in Arabic today. The new bulletin was broadcast at the end of 3 o’ clock news, short before 4 p.m. The program ain Arabic but also Greek subtitles, aims to provides refugees trapped in Greece with useful information. However, the …

Ships come and go and bring refugees and migrants from the islands in “accommodation centers ” in the mainland. At the same time, boats keep coming from the Turkish coast and bring new refugees and migrants to Greece. More than 1,700 people arrived in the last 24 hours. In a …

Thousands of refugees and migrants are to be transported from the Greek islands ot mainland in new camps as the EU-Turkey deal goes in effect on midnight tomorrow, Sunday, March 20th 2016. The hot spots on the islands Lesvos, Chios, Samors, Leros and Kos in the eastern Aegean Sea will …

Interior Minister Panagiotis Kouroublis visited Idomeni and the camp that “hosts” some 12,000 people, with the majority of them living in appalling conditions. He described the camp as a “modern Dachau”. “I do not hesitate to say that this is a modern Dachau, result of the logic of closed borders. …

March 18, 2016Politics, RefugeesComments Off on Tough bargain with Turkey on Refugees, but will EU states stick to their commitments?

The day in Brussels started with a breakfast. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Council president Donald Tusk, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and an army of assistants sat around the long table do discuss Refugees and Migrants. Juncker and Tusk present a draft of the EU-Turkey deal that they …

March 17, 2016Refugees, Very MixComments Off on Mass quarrel breaks out among Syrian & Afghan refugees in Piraeus port (video)

A brawl between Syrian and Afghan refugees broke out on Thursday evening in the premises of the port of Piraeus where more than 4,000 people are camping. Dozens of men fought against each other at the time when the dinner was about to be distributed. As there was no police …

The Euro leaders summit (EUCO) in Brussels started at 5 o’ clock Thursday afternoon. One by one the 28 Leaders entered the Summit hall and made statements in front of the press. Based on many of these statement, I can summarize my impressions: neither the 28 will agree with each …